Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Damascus
- WHEN
- c. AD 34-36
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 34-36
counted from the text
The conversion of Saul, dated by the count he himself gives in a letter.
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
SOURCES
- date — Counted back from Galatians 1:18 and 2:1, which give three years and then fourteen between the conversion and the Council of Jerusalem.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
WHAT HAPPENED
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The conversion of Saul AD 34 (approximate date)
The persecutor goes blind on the road and spends three days without sight. The man who baptizes him is one of those he was coming to arrest.
SEE ALSO
- Genesis 22:1 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Acts 10:3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 22:12 There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
- Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
- Genesis 31:11 In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
- Exodus 3:4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- 1 Samuel 3:4 Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
- 1 Samuel 3:8-10 Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was…
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